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AWS Backup vs Commvault Cloud comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 3, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
7.1
AWS Backup enhances data protection, streamlines management, and provides cost savings, ensuring compliance readiness and operational efficiency.
Sentiment score
7.2
Commvault Cloud reduced operational costs, improved data protection, and enabled significant return on investment with streamlined backup management.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.8
AWS Backup offers efficient support with quick responses, though complex issues and repeated log requests may require additional assistance.
Sentiment score
7.2
Commvault Cloud's customer service is effective and responsive, though improvements are needed in staffing and local support options.
In the first interaction, I have already provided the logs, and they are asking again and again for the same logs.
Senior Analyst at ESRI INDIA
The customer service is top-notch, rated ten out of ten.
Senior DevOps Engineer at Alibaba Group
At the pre-sale cycle, we have spocks aligned from Commvault with whom we get in touch, and they provide all the required support that we need.
Cloud Solution Architect at Tata Consultancy
The number of people who know Commvault Cloud is lesser compared to Veeam.
Managing Director at ITS Technology Solution Pvt. Ltd.
Customer support has very closed departments, requiring us to shuffle between them to get one thing done because representatives have limited accessibility.
Support Engineer at a media company with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.5
AWS Backup is highly scalable and well-rated, but lacks support for non-VMware platforms and some specific features.
Sentiment score
7.5
Commvault Cloud offers scalable integration across platforms, though faces challenges with SQL and Windows Server configuration complexity.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.1
AWS Backup offers stable performance and reliability, achieving high user ratings and 99.99% uptime, with minor integration concerns.
Sentiment score
7.7
Commvault Cloud is praised for its high stability, reliability, strong support, and minimal issues, ensuring continuous dependable operations.
AWS Backup is very stable, rating nine out of ten.
Senior DevOps Engineer at Alibaba Group
I have not faced any downtimes with Commvault Cloud.
Managing Director at ITS Technology Solution Pvt. Ltd.
Commvault Cloud is highly stable, and I would rate it a ten out of ten.
CEO at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
 

Room For Improvement

AWS Backup needs improvements in visibility, reporting, restore speed, hybrid capabilities, encryption, cost, scheduling, ease of use, and service support.
Commvault Cloud users seek improved usability, clearer licensing, better support, enhanced integration, and advanced features for a streamlined experience.
When refreshing, if we want to do daily backups, it becomes quite costly.
Lead Developer at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Currently, it only includes around ten services, while AWS offers over three hundred plus services.
Senior DevOps Engineer at Alibaba Group
I would like to see AI capabilities in Commvault Cloud.
Cloud Solution Architect at Tata Consultancy
I feel that the support is not yet up to the mark, with not enough professional engineers to provide assistance.
CEO at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
 

Setup Cost

AWS Backup offers flexible, usage-based pricing, without a license fee, appealing to businesses with its cost-effectiveness and scalability.
Commvault Cloud is cost-efficient for enterprises, yet can seem pricey for SMBs; evaluating licensing options is recommended.
AWS Backup has a moderate cost, rated at two or three out of ten regarding pricing.
Senior DevOps Engineer at Alibaba Group
Commvault Cloud is expensive, and there is room for the price to be 10-15 percent lower than what they are charging currently.
CEO at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
 

Valuable Features

AWS Backup is a secure, scalable service offering centralized management, automation, and integration, simplifying data management and error reduction.
Commvault Cloud offers scalable data protection with fiber backup, global deduplication, cloud integration, security, and centralized management.
If we encounter any service-related issues, such as when someone accidentally deletes a table in production or testing, we can immediately restore the data from backup.
Lead Developer at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
The ability to maintain all backups via one service simplifies compliance with regulations such as NIST, PCI DSS, and HIPAA.
Senior DevOps Engineer at Alibaba Group
It is quite easy to manage AWS Backup's centralized console for multiple environments.
Senior Analyst at ESRI INDIA
The public cloud acts as a bigger solution for the on-premise while the on-premise acts as a DR for the public cloud workloads.
Cloud Solution Architect at Tata Consultancy
We can back up unlimited TBs due to our per node license.
Support Engineer at a media company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Other features include endpoint solutions, integration with Office 365, ransomware protection, archival for long-term retention, and no ingress or egress charges.
CEO at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
 

Categories and Ranking

AWS Backup
Ranking in Cloud Backup
12th
Ranking in SaaS Backup
5th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
28
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Commvault Cloud
Ranking in Cloud Backup
4th
Ranking in SaaS Backup
2nd
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
112
Ranking in other categories
Backup and Recovery (4th), eDiscovery (3rd), Disaster Recovery as a Service (4th), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (6th), Container Backup Software (2nd), Autonomous Operational Resilience (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Cloud Backup category, the mindshare of AWS Backup is 2.4%, down from 3.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Commvault Cloud is 5.1%, down from 10.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Backup Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Commvault Cloud5.1%
AWS Backup2.4%
Other92.5%
Cloud Backup
 

Featured Reviews

RiteshPurbey - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Analyst at ESRI INDIA
Manages virtual machine backups smoothly and simplifies restoration across environments
It is quite easy to manage AWS Backup's centralized console for multiple environments. The product's interface is intuitive. AWS Backup has a much higher price if you compare it with the snapshots. I have to pay for the whole environment by AWS. We have a backup solution with only virtual machines. The rest of it, we have a restore point.
Ankit Gagneja - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Solution Architect at Tata Consultancy
Hybrid backup strategy has improved recovery orchestration and now supports flexible DR planning
I think improvements could be made in Commvault Cloud. Lately what I have seen is that there are AI capabilities that different data protection organizations are coming up with, which basically revolves around tiering of not frequently accessible data to glacier kind of storage, plus bringing in a high level of compression and deduplication capabilities. All those features I believe are there in other customers and they are bringing in new use cases from the AI perspective which I have not recently seen in Commvault. I have seen that Dell does have such features. We recently pitched a solution to the customers where we talked about data tiering and the other AI use cases, identifying the data by itself and autonomously taking decisions on how to tier the data between the different storage classes that we have. Those kind of capabilities that we have proposed to the customer as far as the partner solutions are concerned. I would like to see AI capabilities in Commvault Cloud. The rest of the features pretty much align with the other enterprise solutions that we have in the market. It is just the AI capability that is being asked by the customers as well as that I see missing with Commvault.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
12%
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
7%
University
6%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business11
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise16
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business57
Midsize Enterprise24
Large Enterprise82
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AWS Backup?
Pricing for AWS Backup is based on storage and backup frequency. Although it is reasonable, it requires monitoring, especially with long retention periods.
What needs improvement with AWS Backup?
AWS Backup could be improved by adding better visibility and reporting features. A more detailed dashboard is required for this service. Another improvement would be faster restore times for large ...
What is your primary use case for AWS Backup?
AWS Backup is used to centrally manage backups for services like EBS volumes, RDS databases, and sometimes EFS, primarily for data protection and compliance purposes. In one specific project, multi...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ThreatWise?
Commvault Cloud is expensive, and there is room for the price to be 10-15 percent lower than what they are charging currently.
What needs improvement with ThreatWise?
I think improvements could be made in Commvault Cloud. Lately what I have seen is that there are AI capabilities that different data protection organizations are coming up with, which basically rev...
What is your primary use case for ThreatWise?
I work with a variety of backup solutions including Commvault, Avamar, Rubrik, and similar tools. I am part of Tata Consultancy Services where we pitch all these solutions to customers from the bac...
 

Also Known As

No data available
Commvault Complete Data Protection, Commvault Backup & Recovery, Commvault HyperScale X, Metallic, ThreatWise
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

TransferWise
Aberdeenshire Council, Acxiom, BAM Group Ireland, Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta, CI Investments, Clifford Chance, American Municipal Power, American Pacific Mortgage, AstraZeneca, Dongbu Steel, Denver Health, Dow Jones, Emirates Steel, Penn State Health, Prime Healthcare, Sonic Healthcare, Sony Network Communications, TiVO, UCONN Health, The Weitz Company
Find out what your peers are saying about AWS Backup vs. Commvault Cloud and other solutions. Updated: April 2026.
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